Stories from Friday, September 18, 2020

Want to change your habits, live a healthier lifestyle, become more organized, and learn ways to improve you memory and emotions? The University of Missouri Extension Human Development & Family Science Field Specialists are offering a statewide Boost Your Brain & Memory Class via Zoom. This is a virtual class beginning Monday, Sept. 28 to improve brain health...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Ellington children were injured in a one-vehicle crash at 8:10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, on Main Street in Ellington. According to the report, Emma M. Griffith, 24, of Ellington was operating a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder northbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a bridge end...

BROSELEY — Rev. John McFarlen, age 82, of Broseley, Missouri, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at Cotton Point Living Center, in Matthews, Missouri. Mr. McFarlen was born Feb. 24, 1938, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Clarence and Martha Ann McFarlen...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Williamsville man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday morning in the midst of his trial. After being seated Wednesday to decide the case of Donald Wayne Sanders, the jury heard opening statements and testimony from one witness for the government, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

VAN BUREN — National Park Service rangers made more than 250 traffic stops during a recent special traffic safety campaign and arrested 26 people, including 16 for DWI. Six-man teams worked eight shifts between Aug. 21 and Labor Day “doing strictly traffic enforcement,” explained National Park Service Ranger Daniel Newberry...

VAN BUREN — Join us at Ozark National Scenic Riverways for a variety of hiking opportunities this fall! All activities and events are free of charge, and are scheduled for Saturdays at 10 a.m. Now is the time to start planning fall and winter hiking adventures. ...

The body of a local woman found Thursday morning along a rural Butler County road had been shot. The woman has been identified as Jessica Holland of Poplar Bluff, according to Butler County Coroner Andy Moore. An autopsy performed Friday morning by Dr. Russell Deidiker at Farmington found the 29-year-old had been “shot multiple times,” said Moore...

Like many of you, I have an alarm clock. Not only do I have a clock, but my watch, phone, computer, television, coffee maker and dog all have some sort of a means of letting me know if I am late, early or just wasting time. In fact, I hear alarms go off almost on the hour. Some keep me on my toes, others just mark the passing of the hour, (think Big Ben)...

Beni Lewis Hawkins of Martinsburg, West Virginia, died at home Monday, Sept. 7 2020. She was surrounded at death by three of her four daughters and by her husband. Beni was born Brenda Janice Lewis in Qulin, Missouri, March 2, 1943, to Victoria Huse Lewis and Solomon Jefferson Lewis. ...

Eldon “Pete” Homer Hager, 93, passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 at the Missouri Veteran’s Home in Cape Girardeau. Pete was born Dec. 27, 1926 to Archie and Zelma (Belcher) Hager. He married Freta Greenwood April 15, 1950 in Piggott, Ark. She preceded him in death Jan. 3, 2016...

While COVID-19 is impacting the Neelyville R-IV school district, it’s mostly bringing in funding options and additional resources.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The 2020 Ozark Shootout reverted to type In a rarity last year, the shootout didn’t include a chip off. This year there were six. Joshua Rhodes, in his 10th year in the event, was involved in one on No. 15, before he birdied 18 to beat Chance Holden and win the event Friday at Westwood Hills Country Club...